Birdman director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has laughed off the "green card" joke made at his expense by Sean Penn at the Academy Awards on Sunday night (22Feb15), insisting he "didn't find it offensive".

Actor Matthew Perry almost missed out on his big break in Friends, because he was already committed to starring in a futuristic airport comedy about baggage handlers when casting bosses began the search for Chandler Bing.